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Arch Rivals? Or Something More?

"Sakara-Chan! Sakara-Chan! Sakara-Chan!" is what I awoke to before I heard a loud banging on my door. "Ugh, I wonder who it could be," I thought out loud even though I already had a pretty good guess of who it was. I reluctantly pulled the covers off of myself before slowly walking to the door. I opened up the door to a grinning Naruto. I rolled my eyes at his eager face. "What do you want Naruto-Kun?" He smiled that dorky Naruto smile at me. "I was wondering if I could treat you to some Ichiraku Ramen for helping me out in my training session yesterday." I couldn't help but smile at him. Sure, Naruto annoyed the hell out of me sometimes, and half of the time I just want to hit him across the face for doing the stupid things he does, but I love Naruto as an annoying older brother. When we were younger and in Kakashi Sensei's Squad Seven, him and Sasuke always protected me and looked out for me. I inhaled in a sharp breath when I thought about him. "Sasuke-Kun." I whispered to myself. My thoughts flooded with memories of him. That dark haired Uchiha boy, I was still madly in love with. "Sakura-Chan!" I snapped back into reality when I heard Naruto's voice. "Is it a yes or a no?" The blond haired boy asked me again. "Uh, sure! Just let me put some clothes on. I'll meet you at Ichirakus." Naruto lifted up his arm and put his thumb up in the air. "Alright! Don't take too long Sakura-Chan!" With that, Naruto ran off and once again I was left alone. Alone with the thoughts of my one and only love.

As I made my way down to Ichirakus I started wondering how Sasuke was doing. I could imagine how he looked. It's been three years since I've seen him. I bet he's all grown up and much stronger now. I started playing back the night I last saw him. The tears rolling down my face when I confessed my true feelings to him. The image of him smirking that signature Sasuke smirk will forever be embedded into my memories. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a familiar laugh in front of me. It was Kakashi Sensei reading his book again. "Hi Sensei." He looked up for his book and smiled at me. "Hello Sakura-Chan. You did a good job yesterday with Naruto. You've really come a long way since we've first met and our first mission." I smiled at him. "Actually Sensei, I wouldn't really call that survival test a mission. More like a way to torture us for your amusement. He laughed once more. "Well, whatever you'd like to call it, it made you the ninja you are today." Sensei left me with that memory as he walked away with his book in hand. I smiled and continued walking to meet up with Naruto.

I finally made it to Ichirakus to see Naruto laughing with Kiba Inuzuka. "Oh, Sakura-Chan you finally made it! Since you took so long I already ordered myself-"and before I let him finish I slugged him across the face. He went flying across the seats. "You should always wait for a lady before you order your meal and start eating." I said as I sat in Naruto's seat and started to order. "Uhh, Sakura-Chan," Naruto said half consciously. Akamaru started barking while Kiba simply smiled. I started making small talk with Kiba when I heard an annoying voice coming closer towards me. "Oh, I didn't know you were going to be here Billboard Brow." I heard her say in a sneering way. I glared at her in disgust. "Seeing an ugly pig is making me lose my appetite." The blond haired shinobi fired back at me. "Who are you calling ugly!? Your forehead is as big as Choji's stomach!" She and I were face to face glaring down one another. "Ino-Chan, Sakura-Chan, can't you two get along at least once?" I heard Kiba say. Akamaru barked in agreement. "Humph!" Ino and I both said as we turned our backs to one another. My inner Sakura, *Cha! Who asked you Kiba?! Cha!* "Ugh, women. Why are they such a drag?" I didn't even have to look in his direction. I already knew who that was. The village's happiest and most positive ninja, Shikamaru Nara. "Oh! Hey Shikamaru!" said Naruto as he was rubbing his face. When'd he come back to consciousness? "Naruto, Kiba, Akamaru." Shikamaru nodded his head towards them. He looked at Ino and said, "Even though I told her what a pain this was going to be Lady Hokage told me to tell you that she wants to see you in her office." With that being said, Ino gave me one last glare, and left.